ViscoSoft Group

As CEO, Gabe leads the comprehensive business strategy, expansion, and vision for the future. Experienced in setting up businesses in foreign countries (China, France), developing sales networks, multi-cultural management, and implementing production teams. Started ViscoSoft (formerly Skytex) in Shanghai in 2007 at 25 with $54,000 in initial capital. He speaks fluent French and Chinese and holds a BS from UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler School of business with concentrations in Statistics and Finance.

As a marketing specialist and business strategist, Matthieu has been influential in ViscoSoft’s business strategy and expansion. He currently runs the European business branch out of Strasbourg, France, strategically located at the heart of Europe. He launched the Mello Mattress brand taking off at breakneck speed and elected 2020 product of the year by France’s largest consumer award. Research marketing passionate, Matthieu also contributes to product development bringing design and utilitarian expertise. Along with Rick and Gabe, he is a founding partner of the original 2007 Shanghai company. Fluent in French, English, and Chinese, Matt graduated from the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California, with a double emphasis in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies.

Brings more than 20 years of experience in the sourcing, manufacturing, and product development areas. He leads the development of our physical products and maintains an obsession with testing (both chemical and mechanical) as well as working with marketing teams to integrate consumer feedback into the products’ physical properties. Runs our Shanghai office and partnerships with a complex supply chain of fabric, dyeing, accessory, polyurethane, and processing suppliers throughout eastern China. Rick holds an undergraduate degree in Textile Engineering and Design from Shanghai’s Donghua University and an MBA from Southbank University in London.

As CFO, Vincent has overseen all finance for 4 separate businesses under the ViscoSoft umbrella since 2010. This includes companies in China, Hong Kong, France and the US. In this role, Vincent has worked with banks across the world to execute loans and lines of credit for the working capital needed to grow the business. He also helped implement a cloud ERP system to enable seamless accounting between ViscoSoft’s subsidiaries. Vincent graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in International Studies and minors in French and Spanish. He speaks French, Chinese, and Spanish.

Jason oversees all marketing operations for the brand family and is focused on brand exposure, channel expansion and lead generation objectives. Previously Jason was a marketing officer at Red Ventures and SVP of Digital Marketing at Bank of America. Channel management and expertise includes SEM (PPC), search engine optimization, re-marketing, online display, website optimization and partnerships. Jason is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Jordan leads the technology team at ViscoSoft, including leading the technical design, implementation and support for all applications (e-commerce, client-side, internal). His business degree from UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business & graduate coursework in computer science at UNCC. His previous professional experience in finance provides him with a unique mindset and ability to align and guide technology with business needs and priorities. He is a self-taught developer and has extensive experience using Agile methodologies to build enterprise-grade applications with a focus on CI/CD, testing, cloud ops, security, data warehousing, and data science.